Bootstrap Glyphicons

Glyphicons are the icon fonts that are used in web projects. Bootstrap provides 260 Glyphicons from the Glyphicons Halflings set.

Some examples of Glyphicons are:

Envelope glyphicon
Print glyphicon
Search glyphicon
Download glyphicon etc.

Glyphicons Syntax

To create the desired Glyphicon, the “name” part of the syntax must be replaced accordingly.

For example: If you want to create “envelope” glyphicon, then you must write the following syntax:

Bootstrap Glyphicon Example

Let’s take an example to see the different ways to use glyphicons:

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<div class="container">
<h2>Glyphicon Examples</h2>
<p>Envelope icon: <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-envelope"></span></p>
<p>Envelope icon as a link:     <a href="#"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-envelope"></span></a>   </p>
<p>Search icon: <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span></p>
<p>Search icon on a button:     <button class="btn btn-default" type="button">       <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span> Search     </button>   </p>
<p>Search icon on a styled button:     <button class="btn btn-info" type="button">       <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span> Search     </button>   </p>
<p>Print icon: <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-print"></span></p>
<p>Print icon on a styled link button:     <a class="btn btn-success btn-lg" href="#">       <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-print"></span> Print      </a>   </p>
</div>
<p>    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.0/jquery.min.js" id="ea04030ef4aa6650562f41edb7ef00c9" type="PenciLazyScript"></script>   <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js" id="64d935c220980741f544946562be3d2f" type="PenciLazyScript"></script>   </p>

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